Tina Watyoka

BIO

This gifted young artist has pursued music from a young age, completing the National Certificate in Music, forming a band, building an audience and performing widely in Harare up to the present. Tina has worked with acclaimed artists such as the late mbira star Chiwoniso Maraire, toured with the late Taku Mafika to Europe in 2010, played at HIFA 2012 with both Busi Ncube (now based in Europe) and the acclaimed poet Comrade Fatso & Chabvondoka¸ and performed in 2013 at Mozambique's Independence Day celebrations with her own project, Chimoio. She’s a regular performer at Harare's popular Book Café, both solo and in collaborations with many other young artists, including at the monthly Sistaz Open Mic platform. She has also participated in workshops for the development of female artists.

Currently she is a holder of Masters in Applied Ethnomusicology and lecturing at University of Zimbabwe.

In 2010 Tina recorded her debut album, ‘Introducing Tina’, which received good airplay in Zimbabwe, and she launched her second album, ‘Ndoita Sei’ in 2014